[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 250 (Monday, December 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79390-79391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31276]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-107-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 265--Conroe, Texas, Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity, Bauer Manufacturing Inc., (Pile Drivers, 
Boring Machinery, and Foundation Construction Equipment), Conroe, Texas

    The City of Conroe, Texas, grantee of FTZ 265, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf 
of Bauer Manufacturing Inc. (Bauer), located in Conroe, Texas. The 
notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the 
FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on December 18, 2013.
    Bauer already has authority to produce pile drivers and leads, 
boring machinery, foundation construction equipment, foundation 
casings, related parts and sub-assemblies, and tools and accessories 
for pile drivers and boring machinery within Site 1 of FTZ 265. The 
current request would add certain foreign-status components to the 
scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be 
limited to the specific foreign-status components and specific finished 
products described in the submitted notification (as described below) 
and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Bauer from customs 
duty payments on the foreign status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Bauer would be

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able to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures that 
apply to pile drivers and leads, boring machinery, foundation 
construction equipment, foundation casings, and tools and accessories 
for pile drivers and boring machinery (free, 2.9%, 5.0%) for the 
foreign status inputs noted below and in the existing scope of 
authority. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on 
foreign status production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: Zinc 
plated non-alloy steel; alloy steel bars; shapes of non-alloy semi-
finished steel; and, keys for control panel doors (duty rate ranges 
from free to 4.5%).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the 
address below. The closing period for their receipt is February 10, 
2014.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
FTZ Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Pierre Duy at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: December 23, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-31276 Filed 12-27-13; 8:45 am]
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